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  1. Skylark
    The thing I'd be afraid of in a pantry with baking mix is flour on the shelf, since there's almost always flour on the outsides of the boxes. Set your cereal down and there is flour on the bag. Pick it up again and there is flour on your hands and now you open the cereal to pour. As far as towels, there is no harm in washing them a lot! May as...
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    I have to eat an awful lot of something to get tired of it. I pretty much like to eat anything, which is helpful on this diet!
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    Aren't chips made from corn soaked in lime (masa harina)? Unless you got hominy grits, both the fresh corn and grits were not lime treated. I haven't a clue what the lime treatment does to allergies but it does make corn a lot healthier and more digestible.
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    Ugh. That's the worst feeling. I hope you don't get too sick.
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    You said that well, WheatChef. Ruthie, you're not "throwing in the towel" if you come home. You're creating an opportunity for yourself to find a different way of volunteering where you can stay healthy and effective.
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    I can see some problems. It does sound like you're dealing with constant, low-level gluten. You MUST find cupboard space away from baking mixes and flour. This is not optional, even if it means keeping your food in your room. There will be loose flour in the pantry getting on your stuff. Also, a lot of seasoning salt mixes have small amounts of flour...
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    Two things. First, everything does not boil down to gluten intolerance. I was seeing it everywhere too, but there are plenty of other food intolerances like soy allergy, casein sensitivity, and fructose malabsorption that are under-diagnosed as well. I have one friend who eats wheat perfectly fine but gets symptoms a lot like mine if she eats soy or nightshades...
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    There is a list on our host site. /celiac-disease/forbidden-gluten-food-list-unsafe-ingredients-r182/
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    The diet takes a lot of research and practice. You will get better at it!
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    Before you seek counseling, may I suggest you talk to your doctor about your Addison's disease? You have been gluten-free and hopefully at least partially healed your small intestine. If you are on an oral corticosteroid, the absorption profile might have changed and you are showing a lot of signs of corticosteroid overdose. Irritability, depression, anxiety...
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    Well then, it has to not inconvenience her. "Hi, Mom. I got these few things so I can eat safely. There's just this one pot, a set of utensils I'll wash between meals and my own cutting board because yours are wood. I'll put them in the corner of this cabinet and they'll barely take up any space. Thanks a million for understanding! I knew you would want...
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    I'm so sorry to hear how sick you are. It sounds awful. The one thing that sticks out to me in your story is that you felt better eating gluten-free, moved out, and are sick again. It must be hard to avoid cross-contamination with five gluten eaters and that may be part of the trouble. Everyone reacts to small amounts of gluten differently and not everyone...
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    Has your doctor tested your thyroid function? A lot of us have thyroid issues, which will make you tired.
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    Moderators here tell us to share links and info, but I just had a very nice layman's review on Inositol posted as "Lame Advertisment". The article was on findarticles dot com, which is a service of CBS Business network, and is a well-written literature survey that was originally published in the Townsend Letter. Why was this article filtered, and how can...
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    ARCHIVED Anxiety

    Skylark replied to AliSha097's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Sorry. Apparently I cannot share an article from CBS Business Newtork on Inositol with you here. You'll have to do your own research until they get the board advertisement filters working a little better.
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    ARCHIVED Anxiety

    Skylark replied to AliSha097's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I take the double-strength Nature's Bounty fish oil capsules you get at Walgreen's. It's in enteric capsules so you don't burp it or anything nasty, and it says it's been molecularly distilled to remove any mercury. Every time I get really compulsive about taking 4 capsules a day I feel better and wonder why I don't do it all the time. Inositol is...
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    Blue Diamond is pretty good about stating CC risks. Nut allergies and reactions are very common. You can sort out an almond sensitivity with allergy testing, or by challenging with almonds in the shell that have no CC risk.
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    There is an association between celiac and H. pylori but I did a search and didn't turn up reports of H. pylori triggering celiac disease in the medical literature. That doesn't mean it didn't happen to you, of course. It took me a full year eating gluten-free before I could tolerate soy and milk without GI symptoms.
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    My mom has fructose malabsorption, which causes gas and bloating. You might look that up. I don't now the whole diet but I know she has trouble with fruits, vegetables high in fuctans like onions or asparagus, and processed foods with fructose among others.
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    Don't panic. You lived this long eating wheat. Mistakes here and there may make you uncomfortable and may even set you back for a time, but they will not kill you. Your body is also going to be a little whacky, especially with a yeast kill coming. I said to be ruthless about gluten in my other response to you and that still holds true, but you WILL get...
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    ARCHIVED Anxiety

    Skylark replied to AliSha097's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I forgot - another thing that helps me with anxiety is is fish oil. I take four capsules of good mercury-free double-strength fish oil a day. Since you find a clear association between eating gluten and the anxiety I imagine it will get better as you get all the gluten out of your diet and your body heals.
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    ARCHIVED Anxiety

    Skylark replied to AliSha097's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Anxiety is a celiac symptom for me. One of the things that can happen to me if I'm glutened is that I'll get anxiety attacks for no reason. Lately I've gotten more sensitive to gluten and even small amounts like fryer cross-contamination cause trouble. I get GI trouble first. Then starting about 24 hours I get depressed and have anxiety attacks for the...
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    As well as the Health Central site, I just posted these two links on diet and migraines to another headache thread. For me, MSG is a trigger. These can give you ideas to try, and maybe something to take to the doctor to help talk about diet along with meds. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link
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    For me it was a severe flu in my early 20s. Unfortunately, it took 12 years for me to figure out all my GI problems, anxiety, and chronic fatigue were celiac disease.
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    You need to be ruthless getting gluten out of your kitchen so your body can heal. As Rucko said, a lot of us discard anything that cannot be thoroughly cleaned. Pots, dishes, and utensils clean up easily as long as they're not cracked and in good shape. Porous things like wooden spoons or cutting boards will not clean up and it's best to get new ones. ...
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